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The word 'grace' is generally used by Christians where it means "God's favor toward (us) the unworthy." However, Hindus also use the term and it's much more expansive and inclusive. Here's how Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati (an American Jewish woman who embraced Hinduism several decades ago becoming a renunciate in India) explains it:
"When I speak of grace, I’m talking about the sacred and pervasive intelligence of the universe, through which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, through which a seed sprouts and becomes a tree, through which a flower opens its petals to the sun. There is a grace in the universe that is there for us if our hearts are open to it. I also think of grace as the experience of oneness with the divine, the energy through which we experience our oneness with the divine."
"When I speak of grace, I’m talking about the sacred and pervasive intelligence of the universe, through which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, through which a seed sprouts and becomes a tree, through which a flower opens its petals to the sun. There is a grace in the universe that is there for us if our hearts are open to it. I also think of grace as the experience of oneness with the divine, the energy through which we experience our oneness with the divine."
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